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'China's activities in West Phl Sea violate UNCLOS'
China’s construction activities in the West Philippine Sea are a violation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Malacañang said yesterday. Speaking to reporters, Presidential Communications ...
- March 13, 2015
Chinese challenge Phl defense chief's plane
A military aircraft flying Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Armed Forces chief Gen. Eduardo Año over the West Philippine Sea received a warning yesterday from Chinese forces to leave the airspace. The Philippine Air ...
- April 22, 2017
No monitoring station on Panatag - Beijing
China is not building an environmental monitoring station on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, its foreign ministry said yesterday, apparently denying remarks made by a local official last week. Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying ...
- March 23, 2017
Italy backs Philippines on UN arbitration over sea dispute
Italian leaders expressed support for the Philippines’ move to bring its territorial dispute with China before an international tribunal during their meeting with President Aquino here yesterday. Aquino held separate ...
- December 4, 2015
Rody to ban fishing in Panatag lagoon
Filipinos can again fish at Panatag (Scarborough), but President Duterte will soon keep them out of the shoal’s lagoon when he declares it a marine protected area. Filipinos will still be allowed to fish outside the lagoon ...
- November 22, 2016
Rody expects China nod for sea code of conduct
For years an elusive target for nations with conflicting claims in the South China Sea, a code of conduct for managing the dispute is expected to be ready on May 19 when the China-led Bilateral Consultation Mechanism ...
- May 17, 2017
G7 urges compliance with UN ruling on sea row
Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations have issued a joint communiqué calling for the implementation of a ruling by a UN-backed arbitral court invalidating China’s expansive claims in the South ...
- April 20, 2017
Phl, China tackle sea row today
The Philippines and China are set to discuss their conflicting claims in the South China Sea today, days after President Duterte threatened to order the shooting of foreigners who would extract natural resources from the ...
- February 13, 2018
Palace hits Chinese blocking of Ayungin resupply
Malacañang yesterday described as “objectionable” China’s blocking of a Philippine resupply mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. The Department of National Defense (DND) reported recently ...
- September 24, 2019
Rody plans to visit Benham Rise next week
President Duterte is planning to go to the Philippine Rise next week to assert the country’s ownership of the maritime area. Duterte, who has been accused of selling out the Philippines’ maritime interests in exchange for ...
- April 28, 2018